Performance of Several Solid State Photomultipliers with CLYC Scintillator
Abstract
$Cs_2LiYCl_6:Ce^{3+}$ (CLYC) is an inorganic scintillator that has recently garnered attention for its ability to detect and discriminate between gammas and thermal neutrons. We investigate several important performance parameters of three different solid state photomultipliers (SSPMs) when reading out CLYC crystals: linearity, energy resolution, and pulse shape and discrimination ability. These performance parameters are assessed at a variety of temperatures between -20$^{\circ}$C and +50$^{\circ}$C.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- December 2015
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.1512.01155
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1512.01155
- Bibcode:
- 2015arXiv151201155M
- Keywords:
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- Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors;
- Nuclear Experiment
- E-Print:
- Submitted as conference record to IEEE Nucl. Sci. Symposium, San Diego, CA